Clothes-put



, T. F. BUDGE.

CLOTHES PIN. APPLICATION FILED 06T. 18,4913.

'of which the following is a specification.-

THMAS F. BUDGE, OF MALAD CITY, DAS'O.

To all whom t mag/'concerno- Be it known. that I, Tiionms F. BUDGE, a

citizen. of the United States, residing atA Malad City, in the county of Oneida and State of Idaho, have invented `certain new and useful Improvements in ClothesPins,

This Iinvention relates lto new and useful improvements in clothes pins and particularlyto that class formed from a single piece of Wire, the object of my device being to provide a simple construction of clothes Vpin peculiarly bent in such a manner as to form clamping members by means of which articles of clothing or the like may be se-v cured on a line in the usual manner.

Another object of my invention-is the provision of a. bracing means upon`one of the clamping members for the coil, said means also serving to facilitate the application or the pin to a clothes line.

A` further object of my invention is the provision of means formed upon one of the clamping members 'for holding the other clam ing 'member in position.

Ot er objects as well as the nature and characteristic features'and scope oYmy invention will be more readily understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim.

ln the drawings: Figure 1, represents a side elevational view of my invention. Fig. 2, represents a front elevational view of my invention. Fig. 3, represents a transverse sectional .view of my' invention taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, represents a transverse sectional view of my invention taken on line $44 of Fig. i.

Referring more particularly to the drawingsA in which similiar' reference numerals designate corresponding parte throughout the different views, the numerai l,represents asingle piece of wire bent upon itself to .provide a coil 2, vand has a portion 3 there-` of extending downwardly from, said coil and bent' upon itself as shown at e, to form a duplex clamping arm or member The extreme lower end of the duplex clamping arm 5-6 is bent slightly outwardly to' provide a guide 7. Adjacent the guide 7 Specification. of Letters Fatcnt. lgi-mggd A ug, 15, lg.

Application filed ctooer 18, 1913. i

Serial No. 795,982.

across the coil, the extreme terminal beingv looped as at 1l and engaged upon the coil 2 to bind thetwo strands' of the coil together for limiting themovement of the coil und at the same time to constitute a stop for facilitating the application of the pin to a clothes line. The members of the duplex clamping arm 5 6 are bent ontwardly intermediate thelirleng'th to provide a pair of line clampingportions 12 and 13.

A portion 14, of the wire 1, extends down-v wardly from the coil 2,-from the side opposite portion 3, to form a single clamping arm 15, which' is bent at right angles as at 16, and extends between the members of the duplex clamping arm-- as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The single clamping arm 15 is now bent downwardly and has a, portion adjacent its lower end bearing against the portions 8 and 9,- of the duplex clamping arm 5.6, which prevents the singie arm 15 from passing between the members-ot the same. The arm15,is arranged outwardly opposite the outwardly bent portions 12 and 13, of the duplex member 5-#6 to form aline clamping portion 17 which line clamping portions of the arms.

arranged upon its extreme outer end. Thev outturned ends of the clamping members f prevent the tearing of the clothes while the pin is. being attached.

In attaching clothes to aline, the'pinjs grasped so that the thumb bears against the loop 11 which incidentally is arranged at right angles to the inger engaging por'- tion 14C, the index finger on the same handv also engaging the portionll at the' bend 15, as illustrated inFig. l of the accompanying drawings. By arranging the guides Tand 20 about the line with clothes thereon'a-nd by pulling'- downwardly on the pin, the clamping arms are forced away from eachother until the line engaging portions 13 and 1.7 are arranged about the line. It is thought to be obvious th at the spring action of the coil has a tendencyV to draw the arms together and securely fastening the article upon the line. In order to release an article all that is necessary to do is to Vgrip the 'loo pin upon' the portions 56 and' 14,'press il te l lightly upon the seme and lift the pin, this pressure on the arms consequently causes the line engaging portions to swing away from each other.

This 'arrangement is particularly adapted in use for persons of short stature. treme diflculty heretofore experienced /in upplyin(r clothes pins is easily obviated by the employment of upplicants arrangement. The particular arrangement of the loop 11 which-constitutes a stop, and this elements peculiar coperation with the angularly bent portion 15 provides an ellicient vclothes `pin.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the nrt to which this invention relates, modifications may be made in detail Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. I

Having thus described my invention, what l desire to secure by Letters Patent is A device'of the character described. including a single piece of wire bent upon itself to provide a coil, a duplex clamping member depending from one side of said coil, said member being formed by a portion of the wire being bent upon itself providing arms,l the upper extremity of said duplex clamping member being bent at right angles so as to extend across the coil, :i loop formed on the terminal of the duplex clamping member sind engaged on the opposite side of the coil for binding the two strands of the coil together, a single clamping member bent at right angles from the body portion thereof and extending betweenthe arms of the duplex member, said single clamping member being bent at right :ingles and having the lower end thereofbearing against said duplex clamping member, and said loop further constituting a.

' stop for the thumb of the user when applying the pin to :i clothes line.

In testimony whereof I niix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS F. BUDGE. Witnesses Tiros. BRAY, W. G. JENKINS. 

